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With their convincing Sectional win, XC moved one step closer to their ultimate goal—a state championship. Page 4

We want State! Gotta have State!A challenge to break stereotypes and serve the community was heard throughout the theater Wednesday, as 76 new members were inducted into NHS. Page 3

NHS InductionSLUH underclassmen enjoyed a highly suc-cesful fall sports season, with many teams posting impressive records. Read about the freshmen soccer, XC, and football seasons in underclassman wrap-up articles. Page 3

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Today’s masthead is reprinted from the Dec. 12, 1980 Prep News. It was drawn by George Hickenlooper, ’82, the week that John Lennon was assas-sinated. More of Hickenlooper’s illustrations can be found inside on pg. 3 and online at sluh.org/prepnews/hickenlooper.

The Jr. Billliken offense went cold in a season-ending 28-14 loss at Lindbegh. Page 4

Flyers divebomb SLUH

PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNE HICKENLOOPER

see FUTURE, 7

Hickenlooper photographed earlier this year in St. Louis on a riverboat gazing up at the Gateway Arch.

School set for Open House; minor changes to be implemented

44 % of seniors of age vote on

variety of issues

Greek and Euro History students ventured around St. Louis last Thursday to explore Classical architecture and literature. Page 3

Field Trips

by drew dziedziccore Staff

There will be a few changes when St. Louis U. High

holds its annual Open House for hundreds of St. Louis metropoli-tan elementary school students this Sunday. However, most are minor tweaks made by the Ad-missions Department to enhance the experience for prospective students and will likely not be noticed by SLUH students who took the tours just a few years

ago. One change this year is the focus to have upperclassmen give tours. In the past, there has been an informal discussion about whether or not freshmen should give tours, as freshmen have been at SLUH for a very short time. While freshmen are still allowed to give tours, Director of Admissions Anja Schmelter and social studies teacher Ben Farley, who is assisting Schmelter with training the tour guides, want to ensure whoever

gives the tour is well-prepared. “The focus for the entire event is to provide as good of an event and as great of an experience for the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders as possible. One of the ways we think we can do that is by making sure the tour guides are well-informed about the school,” said Farley. “It’s making sure the tour guides want to do it and are also prepared, information-wise and also temperament-wise.” “I think more upperclassmen

tour guides would be an advantage, as they know the school better,” said senior Joe Gardner. “Though I think freshmen can give a neat perspective after only being at SLUH for a few months.” Another change is that students are encouraged to stay and give tours or work club tables in the Commons throughout the entire day. According to Farley, one of the reasons for this change is that if students work longer shifts, then there are fewer needed to give tours.

by Nick faNdoSeditor iN chief

George Hickenlooper, ’82, an award-winning filmmaker

and documentarian best known by critics for his Emmy-Award winning documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apoc-alypse” and other independent work, died last Saturday, Oct. 30, in his sleep of an assumed heart attack. He was 47 years

old. Within the St. Louis U. High community, Hickenlooper is rec-ognized as the trail-blazer for other alumni in the film industry who dedicated a great amount of time and resources to promote film here. Hickenlooper’s relationship with film was a life-long love affair, begun at a very early age and never forgotten. When he was very young, Hickenlooper’s father,

Remembering George Hickenlooper, ’82—award-winning director

by coNor GeariNNewS editor

Political rhetoric threatened to boil over in the weeks

leading up to the elections this Tuesday, with TV attack ads air-ing relentlessly, forests of yard signs sprouting everywhere, and round-the-clock coverage of the races overtaking cable news sta-tions. However, as a whole, St. Louis U. High’s seniors were apparently content to let their passions merely simmer in this election. According to a recent Prep News survey, of the 94 seniors of voting age, 65 percent registered in time to vote for the election, and 44 percent voted on Tuesday. To register, one had to be 18 by Nov. 2 and had to register by

the fourth Wednesday of October before the election. Civic duty apparently mo-tivated the contingent of SLUH students who did vote. “I feel like it’s my responsibil-ity to vote, as an American citizen,” said senior David Boll. “It was my first chance to voice my opinion for my country, so I figured I might as well take it,” said senior John Taaffe. Senior David Farel said that he had not previously been inter-ested in voting, but felt that voting ultimately is a moral issue. However, some seniors, though registered to vote, abstained from voting because they felt they were not informed enough. Some either did not notice the firestorm of TV ads or simply ignored their messages. Senior Mac Moore said, “I just wasn’t really well informed on the issues, so I didn’t want to be voting for something I didn’t know about.” Moore said that he received little in the way of information besides yard signs and a few ads on TV, and

said that he probably should have looked into the issues himself. Senior Andy Eilers said that he did not have time to vote because of work after school, but also that he was not informed enough to vote. “I just really didn’t know what I was voting for—I just felt really uninformed as to what was happening, and anything about the candidates at all,” he said. Eilers said he has

George Hickenlooper Jr., began taking him regularly to a small theater in their then-hometown, Los Angeles. It was at this laid back venue that Hickenlooper was first introduced to the films of Orsen Wells, Citizen Kane and Third Man, and others that would prove to be such a large part of his life in later years. When Hickenlooper was 13, he and his father moved back to St. Louis, where Hickenlooper Jr. taught as a professor and play-wright at various local universities. Shortly after returing to St. Louis, Hickenlooper Jr. began teaching a course in film—a medium he knew next to nothing about—at Webster University. A single father without baby-sitting options, Hickenlooper

Admissions Ambassadors, Student Council members, National Honor Society members, and Presidential Ambassadors are now required to stay all day. “We want kids to be there a significant chunk of time so they can get in three tours at least,” said Farley. “We don’t want to have a thing where a kid comes in, gives one tour, has a free lunch, and then goes.” While this year’s process will

Low voter turnout among eligible seniors

60% under 18 40% 18 or older

35% unregistered 65% registered

44% voted 56% did not vote

RepublicanDemocratIndependentNo preference

52%30%

13% 4% Voting Tendencies

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Directors of diversity convene at SLUHby Nate heaGNeycore Staff

Directors of diversity from various St. Louis private

schools gathered at St. Louis U. High Tuesday for a presenta-tion put on by the Independent Schools of St. Louis (ISSL) entitled “Socio-Economic and Class Diversity—The Assump-tions We Make.” The presenta-tion was given by Gene Batiste, a nationally renowned speaker

on diversity. Assistant Principal for Diversity Chip Clatto repre-sented SLUH at the presentation. “It was really interesting. When we talk about diversity, so often we get hung up on ethnic diversity, but there’s such a wide breadth of socioeconomic (back-grounds) and what we call class. It was very beneficial and very worthwhile,” said Clatto. Clatto added that one of his favorite parts of the presentation

was when the group did Paul Kivel’s famous “The Race Exer-cise,” where the participants line up in a straight line and then take steps either forward or backward based on their answers to various socio-economic related questions. The exercise is done primarily to dispel assumptions about socio-economic backgrounds. ISSL holds similar meetings at schools across St. Louis throughout

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see OPEN, 4

*44% of the 94 eligible voters.

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November 5, 20102 Volume 75, Issue 10 News

Climbers scale cliffs at Johnson’s Shut-Ins

Speech team competes at St. Joe

NHS inducts new members

French exchange students visit SLUHby Jack Godarreporter

A French invasion took place at St. Louis U. High last

Thursday when 22 students from Chartres, France, near Paris, vis-ited SLUH. The students visited through an exchange program run by Nerinx Hall. Each of the exchange students was paired with a French student at SLUH, who took the French students to their classes and showed them around SLUH for the day. The students who showed the French students around said that it helped them practice the language. “It helped with how (French) flows and how they sound in French,” said freshman Travis Scott. French teacher Jennifer Cres-pin found that having the French students was a good incentive to get students to practice what they know. “I have never heard my stu-dents speak so much French,” she said. Crespin said that the main reason that she likes being involved with the exchange program is that her students get to meet French teenagers. “The reason that I wanted the French students to come to SLUH is that I wanted to give the students here first-hand experience with

French teenagers,” Crespin said. “It was a good experience. Getting to meet someone from a different country is always fun,” Scott said. The French students were also able to get practice conversing in English, “There was a good combi-nation of both languages being spoken,” Crespin said. “Showing them around the school and showing them how things work at SLUH was fun,” Scott said. The program is a two-week exchange program. Five SLUH families each hosted a student from France for the week exchange program. Senior Joe Earsom, a host, said that having an exchange student helped him realize that a lot of the world has similarities in culture. Senior Riley Konzen, who also housed a student, thought that the French students learned a lot about American culture during their stay. “They are here to get the American experience. They get to see strange things, they get to see that Americans are always on the go,” he said. The two seniors had differing opinions on whether two weeks was too much time for an exchange student to stay.

by StepheN deveSreporter

The St. Louis U. High speech team, led by fine arts teacher

Kathryn Whitaker, competed in this season’s first meet at St. Jo-seph’s Academy on Sunday, Oct. 24. Twelve of the 13 speeches for the SLUH team won a rib-bon: ten red and two blue. The meet is separated into two rounds. Different rooms house different categories of competi-tion: Duet, Storytelling, Radio Broadcasting, Humorous/Serious, Poetry, Prose, Extemp, and Origi-nal Oratory. After the first meet, SLUH stood in second place, two points behind Cor Jesu, their strongest competitor. “We can do better,” said Whitaker regarding the meet re-sults, though said she was truly happy with how the team perfomed. “We had a very strong show-

by beN baNetreporter

The Climbing Club traveled to John-son’s Shut-Ins State Park for an exciting day of outdoor rock climbing on Mon-day. Climbing Club moderator Dan See wanted to take the club there because it is only two hours away, “is beautiful, and the rock forma-tions are unique for the Midwest.” Freshman Ben Banet, sophomore Joe Hancock, and junior Nathan Schel-lenberg met See, the-ology teacher Matt Sciuto, and Director of Information Tech-

ing and I think that we are off to a phenomenal year,” said senior Patrick Smith. Senior Greg Scheetz men-tioned that the team was missing a few people including junior Christian Probst, who finished in first last year. Junior Jack Witthaus made his speech debut at this meet. He performed in the category of Ra-dio Broadcasting, which required him to write and deliver a radio presentation that featured interna-tional, national, and local news, sports, weather segments, and a commercial. “He was totally in his ele-ment,” said junior Tom Blood. “If there is a niche for speech team, Jack Witthaus has found it.” Witthaus earned a blue ribbon for his performance. The Saturday before the meet, the team met to deliver their speeches to Whitaker. Blood and junior Jordan Bollwerk earned the second of

the two blue ribbons for their duet performance. They played Marty and Frank, friends who discuss Marty’s lies to his girlfriend. Senior Greg Scheetz said that he was very impressed by Blood and Bollwerk’s riveting perfor-mance. Smith also contributed points to the team with a red ribbon for his Original Oratory performance. For Original Oratory, Smith had to write an original speech about a current issue; he talked about problems with public education and education reform for his speech. Smith suggested solutions such as vouchers, school choice, or charter schools. “I think that now that we have a speech meet under our belts … we can now focus hard and deliver some really impressive speeches,” said Smith. The team will host the next meet here at SLUH on Jan. 16, hoping to pass up Cor Jesu for first place.

nology Jon Dickmann at the Fenton McDonalds at 7 a.m. After a two-hour drive, the group arrived at the shut-ins and hiked a half-mile into the cliffs on the banks of the Black River. See lead-climbed up the 35-foot high cliff. As he climbed, he placed protective pieces called nuts into cracks in the rock to stop him if he fell. Once See reached the top, Dickmann climbed up and the two set up an anchor for the rope. Hancock, Banet, and Schellen-berg then climbed the vertical wall and rappelled down several times. Hancock was surprised how the sharp edges of the granite scraped his hands and fingers. However, both he and Schellenberg liked how the rough stone gave their climbing shoes more grip. See said he likes outdoor

by coNor GeariNNewS editor

The Anna F. Backer Chapter of the National Honor So-

ciety inducted 76 new members Wednesday night, increasing its total membership to 133. As their parents looked on, 13 seniors and 63 juniors received their certifi-cates from Principal John Moran and NHS moderator Kathy Chott on the stage of the Joseph Schul-te Theater, in front of the mostly-constructed set of the Dauphin

Players’ next production, A Man for All Seasons. Loyola Academy Principal H. Eric Clark, formerly Dean of Students at St. Louis U. High, was the guest speaker for the ceremony. Clark set a tone of challenge to the NHS members, warning them to not rest on their laurels, but to continue to stretch themselves. “Now what?” Clark asked the audience. “Have you accom-plished your goals in life? Have you reached a plateau?”

Clark compared the NHS members’ current situation to his when he was offered the oppurtunity to work at Loyola Academy. Clark said he had planned to retire from SLUH, but that he did not realize at first that he had become complacent here. After turning the offer down twice, Clark accepted the job at Loyola in 2008, once he realized that “it was God calling, not human beings.” “God knew that I had become complacent, comfortable, and I needed to be stretched. He had somewhere else in mind where I was to use the talents, gifts, and blessings that He gave me,” Clark explained. Clark stressed the importance of service, and reminded the audi-ence that at the Last Judgement, they would be judged according to how they served others. “We were created, saved, called, commanded, and individu-ally shaped to serve God and oth-ers,” Clark said. Moran’s closing remarks echoed Clark’s challenge. Moran referenced a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times which alleged

SeniorsMichael AndersonBrendan Baldridge

James BergerConor Fellin

Matthew GeismanMichael KaminskiMichael Lumetta

Robert LuxEvan Orf

Timothy RackersDaniel RatermanAlan RatermannMaxwell Waters

JuniorsMichael BaldettiConnor MaddenThomas Blood

Jeffrey MaybergerPaul Bossung

Matthew McCarthyNicholas Breunig

Trevor McDonaghRyan Burke

Brendan McEneryAndrew ClarkJack Mimlitz

Matthew CooleyJoseph Mungenast

Nicholas DanterStephen NelsonPieter DerdeynMatthew NeyerAlexander DoddAndrew Palisch

Ryan DowdKevin PhillipsSteven DykeAndrew Pitts

Timothy EidmanChristian ProbstSamuel Erlinger

Justin RamacciottiJohn Fogarty

Sean RammahaMichael FotouhiLuke ReicholdLuke GilsingerEdward Rolwes

Daniel GorlaMatthew SainzLuke Hagerty

Ryan SheaTrevor HavrilkaRobert SimmonBenjamin Hilker

Sean SullivanDaniel Hogan

Warren Jefferson UlleryAndrew Holtmann

Logan WelgeJoseph JedlickaWilliam Whitney

John JedlickaJesse Keipp

Christopher KennedyKevin KimesJake KinsellaJoseph Klein

Andrew KlipfelJacob Kloeppinger

Mitchell KlugDominic LanariKevin LandgrafAlec Lombardo

Benjamin LuczakJohn Christian Lukas

Christopher Lynas

2010 NHS INducteeS

that students in private schools were less inclined to be tolerant than students in public schools. The piece pointed to a recent survey comparing public, private non-religious, and private religious school students’ responses to ques-tions regarding tolerance. Those at private religious schools were more likely to say they had used racial slurs or mistreated others in other social groups; to say they had bul-lied, teased, or taunted someone in the past year; and to say they were not completely honest in answering

the questions of the survey. “We unfortunately become associated with those kind of find-ings and statistics. Fair or unfair, you will be judged by the behav-iors of boys at religious private schools,” said Moran. He called on the NHS members to provide counter-evidence that the survey’s results are not true for the SLUH community. “I need your help on these is-sues, gentlemen, and I look forward to your response,” Moran said.

see FRANCAIS, 8

see ASCEND, 8

PHOTO BY BEN BANET

Junior Nathan Schellenberg picks his way up the rock face at Johnson Shut-ins.

“What now?” Loyola Academy Principal Eric Clark, formerly Dean of Students at SLUH, was the Society’s guest speaker. He warned inductees against complacency.

PHOTO BY MR. MATT SCIUTO

—Paul Fister and Adam Thorp contributed reporting.

November 5, 2010 3Volume 75, Issue 10NEWSHickenlooper helped foster SLUH film community, built his own

The columnist is on vacation. He will return next week.

Hickenlooper with his 8 mm camera freshmen year at SLUH.

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GOEDDE, ’83

Jr. forced his son to come along to each class, beginning a life-long education in film. When his father bought him an 8 mm camera later that year, Hickenlooper was hooked. “I think he found a way to express his deepest thoughts and feelings in film, and it was a medium in which he had great talent,” said Hickenlooper Jr. Hickenlooper had long imagined himself as a cartoonist for a newspaper like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch—a vocation for which he had great talent— but, as his father explained, “the medium chooses you.” For Hickenlooper, that medium was film. And so, one short 8 mm film at a time, Hickenlooper began to stretch himself. While at SLUH, he directed and produced a number of short films, several of which were shownon Air Time, a television program featuring local filmmakers on Channel 9 KETC. One such film, A Black and White Film, examined race relations through the thoughts of two men, one black, one white, waiting together at a bus stop. The film demonstrated Hickenlooper’s interest early on in using film to tackle larger subjects like race and loss and human emotion rather than just feel-good or popular topics—an interest that would characterize much of his work over the next 30 years. Another early film, A Day in the Life, chronicled the experiences of a Vietnam veteran returning home. Though only five minutes in length, the film won Hickenlooper an award at the Young Filmmaker’s Festival of Forest Park. While he provided illustrations for the 1980-’81 and 1981-’82 Dauphin yearbooks and the school buzz book, Hickenlooper’s work was most prolific in the pages of the Prep News. During his four years at SLUH, Hickenlooper penned hundreds of illustra-tions for the paper, from weekly mastheads to a comic strip chronicling the adventures of the great Superbill. The Superbill series graced the entire back cover of the paper ev-ery week for almost two years, accompanied in later issues by lengthy typed copy. However, Hickenlooper is best re-membered for his masthead illustrations, a responsibility for which he never missed a week. Never without the trademark rat—a nod to long-time Prep News moderator Jim Raterman—Hickenlooper’s cartoons have long been the standard to which subsequent Prep News artists have strived, and grew increasingly sophisticated over time. “There was a poise. There was a natural-ness about his ability. He was as unpreten-tious as he could be,” said Raterman. He added, “George’s work speaks for itself.” Hickenlooper also gained some experi-ence on stage in a number of Dauphin Play-ers and Ursuline Academy productions. But amidst all these other talents, film was the medium that continued to find Hickenlooper. “He knew he was very good with his artwork, but at the same time he was abso-lutely dedicated to film,” said Raterman. By the time he graduated from SLUH in 1982, Hickenlooper had produced a variety of films, winning several additional awards along the way and growing more ambitious with each shoot. At the same time, a group of student filmmakers was growing around him. The group claimed the likes of Hick-enlooper’s longtime friend Michael Beugg, ’81, and James Gunn, ’83, who, along with Hickenlooper, have all been successful in

Hollywood. The group eventually became known as “the Splicers,” a reference to the meticulous editing involved to produce their

8 mm films. The Splicers shared ideas and equipment while acting in one another’s movies whenever needed. Theater director Joe Schulte was instru-mental in helping the Splicers obtain props and encouraging their work. “The whole atmosphere was conducive to creativity at SLUH in the ’80s,” observed Hickenlooper Jr. With Schulte there for sup-port and film teacher F.C. Damen, S.J. to offer more guidance, the Splicers blossomed. After graduation, Hickenlooper attend-ed Yale University, his father’s alma mater, rather than UCLA film school, where he had also been accepted, to pursue a liberal arts education. But while at Yale, he continued to direct and produce his own films, one with a 16 mm camera, often consulting with Schulte during visits back home and during summer break. In 1987, Hickenlooper arrived in Hollywood. He quickly found an unpaid job at Roger Corman Studios, a well-known studio that pro-duced a prodigious number of young directors. But it became clear Hickenlooper would not be one of them. He left Corman and stumbled upon a rather inconspicuous job that changed his career. A young company called Image Entertainment that pioneered laser disk videos hired Hickenlooper to write liner notes for themed box sets of famous directors’ work. To generate copy, Hickenlooper interviewed dozens of famous directors from the ’60s and ’70s. Hickenlooper took his interview notes and put together a book called Reel Conversations: Candid Interviews with Film’s Foremost Directors and Critics. While writing, Hickenlooper would send Schulte manuscripts of the book in progress, always looking for feedback and criticism from the man who was still his mentor. Reel Conversations, which was a suc-cess by itself, directly led to Hickenlooper’s most famous work, the Emmy-award win-ning documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” which chronicled the making of Francis Ford Copola’s Apoca-lypse Now. The documentary is considered one of the best ever made about the film medium. Hickenlooper’s career continued to rise as he took on more films and documentaries. And just as Hickenlooper had done at SLUH, he began to foster a community of U. High filmmakers around him in Los Angeles. “In the early days, I used to give people who were going out to LA—people who were interested in filmmaking—George’s phone number or an address. I’d say ‘Would you write George because there’s a chance if he’s making a movie in LA that he will invite you to come over and be on the set and

maybe even work as an unpaid intern if you can,’” said Schulte. He noted that numerous SLUH alumni have appeared as extras and

technicians in Hickenlooper’s films. One of those students was Hicken-looper’s longtime friend Beugg. “Without George, I might not have pur-sued a career in film, and I certainly would not have progressed as quickly as I did,” said Buegg. He explained that Hickenlooper’s success in Hollywood made filmmaking seem possible. When Beugg decided to move to Los Angeles, Hickenlooper was quick to offer him an unpaid job producing a short film, jump-starting his career. The experience helped propel Beugg to great success. Since his early work with Hickenlooper, he has produced such well-known movies as Little Miss Sunshine, He’s Just Not That Into You (directed by Ken Kwapis, ’77)—and Up in

the Air, among others. Beugg was not the only SLUH product that Hickenlooper helped get off the ground in Los Angeles. James Gunn and Doc Crotzer, ’02, both credit Hickenlooper with influenc-ing their decisions to become filmmakers. “At fifteen to be able to look at a suc-cessful filmmaker from St. Louis, who went to SLUH, who was working in Hollywood, made a far-fetched dream of mine seem not so far-fetched. When I got to Los Angeles, George was one of the first people I contacted. He was always willing to answer my ques-tions and give advice,” said Crotzer in an e-mail. Hickenlooper never lost contact with his hometown or SLUH. He filmed parts of The Big Brass Ring and Dogtown in St. Louis and returned often to receive honors at the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) or visit SLUH film students. In December of 1993, Hickenlooper visited SLUH for a showing of Hearts of Darkness as part of the school’s 175th an-niversary celebration. After the showing he gave a talk about the film and cinema in general to film students. When the F. Joseph Schulte Theater was dedicated in 1996, Hickenlooper, who was not able to attend in person, sent Beugg as a proxy to play a video he had recorded for

the occasion. Hickenlooper was instrumental in the installation of two 35 mm projectors in the new theater as well, hoping to spawn

a SLUH film festival. I n add i t i on , Hickenlooper offered Schulte cameo roles in both the Big Brass Ring and The Low Life. The two remained close until Hickenlooper’s death, often exchanging Face-book messages or phone calls. Schulte was plan-ning to attend the open-ing of Hickenlooper’s latest film Casino Jack at SLIFF next week as Hickenlooper’s guest of honor. Instead he will be speaking at the memorial

celebration at the screening. “He was a person who was always fight-ing in some ways,” said Schulte of Hicken-looper. Schulte explained that Hickenlooper directed most of his films independently and hated that producers would try to change his work when picking it up for distribution. In many ways, Hickenlooper’s attitude toward Hollywood and its power structure mirror the themes most prominent in his work—themes like abuse of power, suffer-ing, and struggle, the same ones he began exploring in those early films at SLUH. “If you look at his films, he’s interested in a good solid story, often times that’s char-acter led ... not these big huge spectacle type things. Solid little stories. Often times they are about people that are a little bit on the outside

trying to work their way in,” said Schulte. In a way, that outsider was Hickenlooper. These outsider themes can be picked up in a number of Hick-enlooper’s feature films. The Low Life, Factory Girl, The Man from Ely-sian Fields, and The Big Brass Ring—a film ad-aptation of a previously unmade Orsen Wells screenplay—are among Hickenlooper’s most notable, and each take unique but related looks at power and the struggle of and for humanity. Hickenlooper’s

newest film, Casino Jack, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year, deals with many of the same ideas. “He’s focusing more on the issue of ... can people be good when they have power? Does power corrupt? I think these issues have been very much on George’s mind lately,” said Beugg in regards to the film. Casino Jack stars Academy-Award winner Kevin Spacey as super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The film received rave reviews in Toronto, and in an ironic twist of fate is being hyped as Hickenlooper’s breakout film.According to film teacher Mark Cum-mings, Spacey is likely to receive an Oscar nomination for his role. “Oh there’s been a lot of buzz about it,” said Schulte. “In fact he said when we talked one time, he said ‘I think this is my breakthrough.’” Hickenlooper Jr. said the film was his son’s latest attempt “to draw attention to what needs fixing,” Hickenlooper’s goal as a filmmaker. Hickenlooper was one of four directors featured in the AMC documentary “Com-mited,” which followed the paths of four

(from Front Page)

More of Hickenlooper’s mastheads and Su-perbill comics can be found online at sluh.org/prepnews/hickenlooper.

see GEORGE, 4

November 5, 20104 Volume 75, Issue 10 Sports

Junior Ryan Merrifield lines up for a shot in last week’s 2-1 loss to CBC.

XC rolls to State, Rackers poised to leadby GreG fiSterreporter

Time is speeding by almost as fast as Tim Rackers as the 2010 State cross

country meet draws nearer. St. Louis Uni-versity High School’s varsity team con-tinues to show incredible talent, finishing first out of eight teams from St. Louis and St. Charles in last Saturday’s Sectional meet at McNair Park in St. Charles. Coming off the win in the Class 4, district 3 meet, all of SLUH’s top seven finished within the top 20 at Sectionals. Senior Tim Rackers was the race champion, crossing the line for the 5K at 15:54, 23 seconds ahead of District 3 champion Nicolas Stewart from McCluer North. In 4th, 6th and 7th places were senior Joe Meier, junior Michael McLaughlin, and senior Dan Raterman, respectively. They all had times lower than 16:40. Junior Nathan Rubbelke, fighting a tough hip injury, finished in 12th place, and sophomore Tom Laughlin came in 14th, just after him. Senior Alan Ratermann, brought up the rear for SLUH (but by no means the rear of the race), placing 19th. Right after the starting gun sounded, Rackers strode ahead to lead the race, while his teammates supported him from behind, gaining spots that would help SLUH win the race. “I felt really good coming out off the gun, and I knew I wanted to have about five-flat mile-times, so I just went out there and executed my race plan,” said Rackers, who had not raced for three weeks. He stayed in the first-place position until he finished, well before any other runner. Right from the start, the rest of the

SLUH team employed its pack strategy, led by the swift-footed shepherd Joe “The Champ” Meier, passing other runners and gaining spots all the while. After they had run mostly together for about a mile and a half, it became “every man for himself,” said Meier, as each runner pushed himself to the place he wanted to be. “I think it’s good to stay as a pack for at least part of the race, but there comes a time when there will be separation among the group, because not everyone is at the same fitness level; not every guy feels the same on a given day,” said Meier, who found out just how fit he really is, finishing fourth with a stunning time of 16:23. Senior Dan Raterman, who finished seventh, ran the entire race with McLaugh-lin, even after most of the others split up. He mentioned Meier as a shepherd, praising his leadership of the rest of the top seven. “I think that’s a goal for me and Mike (McLaughlin): to continue to run with Joe (Meier) throughout the whole race, because he didn’t gain any ground on us in the third mile,” said Raterman. Laughlin and Alan Ratermann both had a successful day at Sectionals, and are both excited about running at the State meet. SLUH’s score of 26 beat second-place Francis Howell by a resounding 42 points. Though the Sectional meet is important, the peak of the team’s focus is always the State meet, held tomorrow in Jefferson City. SLUH is currently ranked second in the state of Missouri, behind only West Plains according to Big River Running Company’s rankings. SLUH will run the same top seven as they did at Sectionals. Rackers is ranked third out of all high

school-age runners in Missouri and tomor-row he will get a chance to show off his immense talent, though he was unknown two years ago because he did not run as a sophomore. “Any one of us top five (ranked) runners could win it, but I hope to,” said Rackers. “There’s a lot of pressure around the State meet, so the key is to stay focused, stay calm, and know that I will have a good day.” Dan Raterman is wrapping up an eight-year cross-country career; he trained for four years before coming to SLUH and has high hopes for State, among them to run with Meier for the whole race, to place in the top 25, and of course for the team to win the meet. All these stories and more will unfold tomorrow at the State meet—but why go? Here’s why: it’s a great way to show school spirit, and you can have fun cheering on your friends, classmates and Senior Advi-sors. Cross country is truly one of the most entertaining and exciting sports to watch, and what could be more fun than a road trip to Jeff City on a Saturday morning? SLUH is paying for buses to drive to the meet and back. SLUH has an excellent chance of win-ning, though it is not entirely a chance: it is a reflection of hard workouts in 90 degree weather, grueling practices early Saturday morning, and a bond of brotherhood forged by hours of Core workouts and Porter90-X. “And if you don’t, (junior) Adam Boehm will come after you with the synergy sword,” said Rackers.

by patrick hartreporter

Every game counts now for the Jr. Bills, as they began district play this

week. SLUH beat Webster and faced Chaminade for the district champi-onship last night. Last Thursday, the Bills were handed a shocking loss in the 19th minute of overtime by a talented CBC team. SLUH’s at-tack was led by the inspiring play of junior midfielder Ryan Merrifield, who was named ESPN RISE Player of the Week on October 20. The first half went back and forth with both teams attacking hard. The Bills were able to draw first blood with a goal in the 49th minute of the second half. Junior midfielder Paul Buehler set up to take a free kick from about 32 yards out. CBC set up a four-man wall, but it wasn’t enough to stop Buehler’s nasty kick. The ball went over the wall and deflected off a CBC defender and into the goal. A near-capacity SLUH cheering section celebrated with Buehler. CBC responded with a goal of their own in the 59th minute. Crisp passing gave a Cadet forward a clear shot from inside the box and he buried it. With the score even, play became rough. The referees were obviously losing control of the game, especially evident when Mer-rifield was tackled again and again by CBC defenders. The rest of regulation was played out in a fashion more similar to a rugby match than a soccer game. Attacks came from both teams, but neither was able to finish. Both teams were awarded yellow cards for overly physical play. Overtime seemed to be only a continua-tion of the second half. Merrifield was again harassed by Cadet defenders, at one point being laid out by a knee in the back in front of the Bills’ bench. With 54 seconds left in the second overtime, a Cadet forward got inside SLUH’s backline. This time, he scored

the game-winning goal top corner, leaving the Jr. Bill team and fans in shock. Junior defender Sam Steurer said after the game, “The game was even throughout the whole 100 minutes. … If we’re given

another chance at them during playoffs, we can beat them without a doubt.” In their first game on the road to State, the Bills faced off against Webster Groves in the District semifinals at SLUH. It was a chilly Tuesday night, but the Bills’ offense was anything but cold. Despite coming out a bit slow, the Bills scored their first goal in the 30th minute of the first half. The scoring play started with senior captain and spark plug Richie Hoffman, who passed the ball to fellow senior captain Ben Emnett. Emnett dished the ball off to senior captain Brian Bement, who slid the ball past the diving Webster goalie, a play demonstrat-ing amazing teamwork and unselfishness. Just a minute and a half later, Bement struck again. Bement chested a ball from Merrifield down to his feet and ripped a shot

past the Statesman goalie. It was an incred-ible play by both Bement and Merrifield to put the Bills up 2-0. After the two goals, SLUH took over the first half with attack after attack that could

have easily resulted in another goal. Four minutes into the second half, Merrifield showed off some amazing footwork to score his first goal of the night. Coming in from the wide position, Merrifield weaved through three Webster defenders to put himself one-on-one with the goalie. He then slowed himself for half a second to set up a powerful shot that went into the far side of the net. Despite a minor fluke in the 23rd minute of the second half that ruined a deserved clean sheet for senior captain and goalie Andrew Evola, the Bills controlled the rest of the game. Evola had an awesome game, breaking up Webster crosses and some desperate last-minute attacks at the end. The dominating 3-1 win against Webster was an impressive rebound for an extremely resilient Jr. Billiken team. From here on out, all of the games are must-wins for the team. When asked about the pressure to win, Steurer said, “There is a little pres-

sure, but I am definitely more excited than scared or nervous.” Senior captain Rob Carr, one of the mainstays of both the Jr. Bill backline and attacking effort, earned his stripes with truly impressive play in both the Webster and CBC games. Carr fulfilled his job as defender and was also the starting point for the SLUH at-tacks. He played balls forward through the air and also on the ground. Look for Carr to be the backbone of this SLUH squad in the playoffs. SLUH played Chaminade last night for the District championship. A win will give the Jr. Bills a chance to avenge their most recent loss against CBC in the round of 16 Tuesday.

Soccer loses MCC championship, wins Districts

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require fewer students to give tours, some students worry that it will be harder on the students who have to work all day. “They could be tired. If they have been working awhile, they might be not be as enthusiastic at five o’clock as they were at eleven o’clock,” said senior Stephen Deves. There will also be some minor altera-tions in the tour route. The Danis Field House, which had been one of the last parts of the tour last year, will be shown earlier this year. Department tables will be moving out of the Commons and back into the library, as they have been in the past. After getting out of their cars in the SLUH/Science Center parking lot, families will be directed by members of the Fathers Club to the south theater entrance. A third change is that Schmelter and Far-ley will be open to combining two families together with one tour guide. That option may be exercised during peak times throughout the day in order to increase efficiency. “My suggestion is that if you have a student with a single parent, pair him up with another student and single parent,” said Schmelter. However, Schmelter said that the major-ity of tours will just be one family to one tour guide. “Our intent is to keep the tour experi-ence very personalized,” said Schmelter, mentioning that many people said that the individual tours positively influenced their opinion of SLUH. Finally, there may be a difference in the type of students who are expected to attend. According to Schmelter, SLUH expects to have in excess of 550 elementary school students visit SLUH, which is about even with past years. However Schmelter believes the percentage of eighth graders attending will be lower than the 2009 attendance, when 233 8th graders came. As Schmelter has provided the option of tours during the school day this year, she speculates that many who would normally come to Open House have already toured SLUH. “They may still come because they can talk to faculty, students, and coaches. Open House is really the only opportunity to meet some of those people and ask some of those questions,” said Schmelter.

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directors debuting their work at the Toronto festival. The documentary was shown on AMC in October. Hickenlooper’s next film, How to Date an Englishman, was to star Pierce Brosnan and be filmed in St. Louis. At the time of his death, Hickenlooper was campaigning with his cousin John Hickenlooper, the mayor of Denver who was running for governor of Colorado. John Hickenlooper was the subject of his cousin’s 2009 documentary “Hick Town.” He was elected governor Tuesday night. Away from filmmaking, Hickenlooper was a huge baseball fan. He and Beugg attended a Dodgers game together just a month or so before his death. According to Beugg, Hickenlooper loved taking his son to games. He is survived by his father, his wife Suzanne and his nine-year-old son Charles. Hickenlooper Jr. raised Hickenlooper by himself, struggling to make ends meet and provide for his son throughout the year. “I miss those times—eating Hamburger Helper and just scraping by,” he said. Hickenlooper’s film Casino Jack was to premier at SLIFF next Thursday, Nov. 11. While in town, Hickenlooper had agreed to visit film teacher Cummings’ film classes. SLIFF has planned a tribute to Hickenlooper before the screening of Casino Jack on Thursday. According to Cliff Froehlich, ’80, Schulte, Beugg, and St. Louis director Bill Boll will be speaking at the event. Anyone with tickets to the 8 p.m. screening is invited to the tribute.

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November 5, 2010 5Volume 75, Issue 10Sportsby ryaN dowdreporter

The St. Louis U. High Jr. Billikens (4-6, 1-3 MCC) ended another promis-

ing season with another heartbreaking loss. Only the State champ ever really ends the season on a high note, but that fact never makes it any easier to deal with. In a game filled with turnovers, penalties, and injuries, the Jr. Bills were outlasted in hostile territory during the second half by the Lindbergh Flyers and lost 28-14. The Jr. Bills hurt themselves repeatedly throughout the game. With a 14-7 lead in the third quarter, demoralizing field position finally caught up to the Jr. Bill defense. The defense was on the field for the majority of the game, often having to defend with their backs to the red zone because of poor field position. Head coach Gary Kornfeld said, “We put our defense into some tough scenarios with the turnovers we had.” In the middle of the third quarter, Lindbergh quarterback Peter Simpson hit his receiver in stride along the sideline for a 45-yard touchdown to tie the game. Then, early in the fourth quarter, Simp-son knifed through the SLUH zone with consecutive dives up the gut. He capped off the drive with a 10-yard run that ultimately proved the difference in the game. Lindbergh added another touchdown late in the fourth quarter to clinch the contest. Often entrenched in unfavorable field position facing long third downs, the SLUH

offense failed to score during the entire sec-ond half. What made moving the ball even harder was the loss of junior receiver Stefan Sansone. “Any time you take a player of that magnitude out of the offense, it’s going to affect you,” said Kornfeld. The Jr. Bills finally found out what life without the top receiver in the Metro area would mean, and it’s safe to say life was not fun. Junior quarterback Trevor McDonagh’s favorite third-down target—favorite target in general—went out with an ankle injury midway through the second quarter. The other stud junior receiver, Mitch Klug, said, “The whole season Stef was catching everything his way and it spread out the defense for us. And once Stef came out the defense was able to crack down and

stop the run a little more, and they didn’t have to worry about such a deep threat.” McDonagh finished the game 13 for 34 passing with two touchdowns but with six interceptions. He found Klug four times for 57 yards and a touchdown. The vaunted Jr. Bill passing attack struggled early on in the game to find its groove. McDonagh threw three first quarter interceptions. “We’d complete a few passes, then we’d kind of stall. We just weren’t clicking,” said Klug. McDonagh was able to loft a fade to Klug for a 29-yard touchdown on a fourth and 3 late in the first quarter, however. Klug out-muscled the Flyer defender for a touch-down grab despite blatant pass interference. In the second quarter, the Jr. Bills took

the lead with a 7-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Joe Blume. McDonagh rolled out to his left and fired the ball into traffic, hitting Blume square in the numbers. True fans who stuck around until the very end saw a Jr. Bill team and a senior class play proudly to the very last whistle. As the clock wound down, the Flyers continued to grind the ball into the SLUH red zone. Eventually moving the ball down to the goal line, the Flyers seemed poised to score in the final minute, but the seniors held the line. And held it again, and again, finally forcing Lindbergh to kneel the ball in a classy move on fourth down at the 1-yard line. Junior Sean Rammaha led the defense with 10 tackles and two sacks, and Blume also amassed two sacks from the end posi-tion. The offense received the ball with 11 seconds left in the game. Eleven sec-onds later, the Jr. Bills had the ball on the Lindbergh 7-yard line. Two runs by Terek Hawkins, along with a pass interference and crowd rushing penalty, spearheaded the late surge across the field. McDonagh and Klug couldn’t connect on a fade to the back of the end zone, however, on the last play of the 2010 SLUH football season, and SLUH fell 28-14. The loss was the final blow in a season punctuated by heartbreaking losses. In every single game the Jr. Bills played in, they could have achieved victory if only the ball had bounced their way. The Jr. Bills faced what many people think was the most demanding schedule in the city. Facing additional op

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Running back Cameron Stubbs plows ahead in a difficult season-ending loss to Lindbergh.

Rough District loss knocks Jr. Bills out of contention

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The Jr. Bill swim team (9-3) dominated at MICDS, their last meet before the

Metro Catholic Conference meet, finish-ing first out of four schools. The final score was SLUH 164, Marquette 132, John Burroughs 119, and MICDS 113. In the final preparations for MCCs and State, the guys gave it their all, out-swimming the other teams in almost every race. In addition to the win, SLUH quali-fied for three more state races. Junior Sam Erlinger, who had already qualified in the 200 free, qualified for the 50 free with a time of 22.80 and the 100 free with a time of 49.60. So far this season, Erlinger has been the only swimmer on the team to break the 50 second mark in the 100 free. Junior Pieter Derdeyn also qualified in the 50 free with a 22.93, and is thrilled to be heading to State for the first time. Coach Rachel Graczak said after the meet, “The meet went really well. We dropped 16 times and were able to get a final look at the State pool. I honestly didn’t expect to beat Marquette and the competition pushed us, but the guys swam great and I think tapering this last week helped a lot.” Graczak has high hopes for the team at MCCs, and at Wednesday night pre-lims, SLUH was ready for the challenge. At the meet, the Jr. Bills took first in four out of eight events and placed at least one swimmer in the top three in every event. Freshman Luke Sloan finished first in the 500 free with a time of 5:07.85 and the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:09.61. Senior captain Michael Hagerty got first in the 100 free, looking good with a 50.60. Erlinger qualified first in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.46. In addition to the first place finishers, senior Mitch Kramer just missed State qualifying time by a mere .15 seconds. “It felt really good to get a time that fast, and it surprised me that I dropped 2 seconds off my seed time. I’m hoping to qualify for

State on Friday at MCCs,” said Kramer. However, Sloan will not qualify for State in the 100 back as he hoped. The 100 back is the only event in which no SLUH swim-mer has qualified. Sloan was approaching the State mark, but Graczak had to submit MCC lineups last week and Sloan was not slated to swim that event. After the great performance on Wednes-day, the Jr. Bills are energized and ready to swim tonight at Chaminade for the cham-pionship. “We’ve already dropped times, quali-fied almost everybody for the finals, and we looked really good,” Graczak said after the meet. The Bills have the MCC finals tonight at Chaminade and are hoping to place first.

Swimmers eye MCC title, State next week; Graczak optimistic by michael tayoN

reporter

Coming off a top-four finish last year, the Jr. Billiken hockey team seeks re-

demption with an experienced team under the management of head coach Charlie Busenhart. The Jr. Bills are led by cap-tains Jim Berger, Jackson Hoffman, and Matt Potter. The Puckbills lost three key seniors in Phil Luongo, Greg Place, and the always unpredictable Kurt Eisele. Luongo and Place were big losses, but junior Joey Luongo will make his appearance at SLUH as team grinder after having to sit out his sophomore season after transferring from Chaminade. In addition to the captains, four other seniors return—Justin Ragland, one of the area’s top netminders; current assist leader Ryan Reding, Pat Judge, and Andrew Evola. The seniors will be vital in aiding the young, high-flying Jr. Bills. The big question mark this year for the Jr. Bills will be offense. “Well, we are pretty young but I think that we have a lot of talent. Our defense is seasoned and very good, so if we ever show a lack of scoring they can pick us up,” said sophomore sensation Chase Berger. Juniors Dan Warnecke and Chase Berger have been carrying the offensive weight so far, with a combined 10 goals in a mere five preseason games. The duo is going to need to get support from sophomores Nick Walters—who sports the pink tape in honor of breast cancer aware-ness—and Michael Cella from the slot. Diaper dandy Christian Hoffmeister, who provided a vital goal in what kept the Jr. Billikens alive against CBC, needs to step up in a big role as the heir to Chase Berger’s freshman standout throne. In addition, quality chances from the point from Hoffman, Judge, and James Berger (though he did not score in the 2009-2010 season) will create numerous opportunities. When asked where he saw the Jr. Bills were going this season after a brutal 3-2 loss to MCC rival Chaminade, Hoffmann said,

“Well, now that we have gotten the bitter taste of losing to a rival in our mouths early, we’re really motivated to not let it happen again. This preseason really taught us that we have a target on our backs and no team is scared to be on the ice with us.” The Jr. Bills have started off slow in the preseason, with key losses to Missouri’s best third line grinder Kyle Novak and his Francis Howell Central Spartans and to Chaminade. The Red Devils struck first late in the first period, but SLUH answered halfway through the second period when Warnecke put the puck top shelf. Then, two minutes later, fellow money-liner Chase Berger blasted a rebound in between the pipes, showing that the helmet move from Reebok to Bauer turned out to be a good transition. After a quick Zamboni run between the second and third periods, the Bills looked strong. However, the Jr. Bills could not capi-talize on any opportunities to give Ragland insurance. This proved to be costly. With 4:12 remaining on the worn Webster Ice Rink scoreboard, a shot from the point was de-flected and bulleted through Ragland’s legs. The Jr. Bills and Chaminade battled through a chippy but scoreless overtime period, sending the game to a shootout. The Red Devil shooters scored, while their goalie denied the SLUH shots, and Chaminade took the game. Despite the loss, Ragland played great, stopping 40 out of Chaminade’s 42 shots. In addition, to the SLUH’s lack of of-fense, many other factors contributed in the loss. Sophomore grinder Stephen Lordo and junior forward Trent Lulow both missed the game because of conflicting schedules with their club teams. But the most disappointed news of the season was the loss of junior defenseman Tim Coleman, who separated his shoulder and has to have surgery, ending his 2010-2011 season before it began. Once the Jr. Bills find more consistent offensive production and chemistry, which should be easy with AP Chemistry teacher-coach Busenhart, they are possible favorites to make it to Scottrade.

After up-and-down preseason,hockey begins trek to Scottrade

John Lewis backstrokes in the last meet.

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November 5, 20106 Volume 75, Issue 10 SportsC cross country cultivates strong core

by StepheN lUmetta aNd michael daUGhertyreporterS

The freshman soccer team (18-0-1) ended its undefeated season last

Thursday with a 0-0 tie with Parkway West. The Jr. Bills dominated their oppo-nents in the regular season and outscored their opponents 52-6. They also won the prestigious CBC Tournament. Besides their amazing record, they really grew as a team. Coach Tom Zinselmeyer said, “I think they were able to overcome their individual backgrounds in soccer and contribute on a team.” “Winning the CBC tournament was a high point (of the season),” said freshman John Espenschied.

Many players agree with Espenchied’s sentiment, and others mentioned having the best record in the Metro Catholic Conference as a major accomplishment. However, many players were very disappointed with that last tie, which was the only blemish on an otherwise perfect record. “The ending was kind of a bad end-ing,” said freshman Chris Klipfel. “I think we had our chances and … the kids played great,” said Zinselmeyer. One of the most amazing things about the freshman team was the depth of talent, which helped make it such a great team. Not only were there great starters, but they had a great bench as well. “We had to cut good soccer players,”

Freshman soccer has undefeated season

C football strings together 5 wins, 3-1 vs. MCCby patrick lallyreporter

Despite losses in the final two games, the C football team still ended what

was a magnificent season with a 5-4 re-cord (3-1 MCC). The freshman squad just missed an outright MCC title with a loss to DeSmet in its second-to-last game of the season. The Jr. Bills entered the game with high hopes, as

the team was on a five-game winning streak. The team was predominantly healthy and confident that this game would be a winnable one. The team got off to fast start, scoring on its first possession. The Spartans later tied the game but didn’t stop there, scoring 29 unanswered points and leaving the Jr. Bills in the dust, winning 29-7. Despite the loss,

the freshmen will look to improve on this season as a JV team next year. Freshman Mitch Boyer said, “This season showed other schools that we can contend with their teams.” Boyer noted that the Jr. Bills defeated CBC twice this season to emphasize his point. The next game for the Jr. Billikens featured some very unfamiliar faces. With five players, including quarterback Raymond Wingo and running back Mi-chael Hall, having recently been moved up to varsity, and three players injured, the Jr. Billiken team still had to play a very strong Hazelwood West team. Filling in at running back was fresh-

by Gabe millerreporter

The freshman cross country squad finished its undefeated season last

Wednesday at the Findley Meet in Forest Park. Twenty-eight of 30 runners set per-sonal records at this race, and 11 runners broke 20:00, a stellar achievement and a testament to the strides the team made this year. Amazingly, almost everyone’s two-mile time at Findley—a 3.1-mile race—was faster than his two-mile time trial at the beginning of the year. An undefeated season comes with hard work; all across the board the freshmen were running hard and striving for greatness. “It wasn’t just the guys that were scoring (that were making progress), everyone was out there getting better and improving,” said coach Brian Gilmore. The freshman season officially ended immediately following the Findley race. After running almost every day since Au-gust, the team could definitely benefit from a break. “I’m kind of glad (that the season is over) because we can take a break, but also kind of sad,” said freshman Greg Murphy. Coach Joe Porter instructed all of the runners to take a two-week sabbatical from running in order to let their bodies recover. “I was pretty sad; I wanted to keep rac-ing, but I was also a little bit relieved,” said Tom Rubio. After the time off, many of the runners plan to take part in the Winter Running Club and run track in the spring. “(The freshmen need to) continue to train and run year around, do winter running, and then do track in the spring,” said Porter. While the team has a lot of great poten-tial, it is going to be important for everyone

to continue running if the team wants to come out next year and have another undefeated season. Murphy and fellow freshmen Jerry Amsler, and Matt Thomas are right up there with the top 5. “It’s who puts in the time and trains (that will improve most),” said coach Tom Flanagan. Next year is going to be a battle. “(They) can be as good as they want to be,” said Gilmore. During the season, the team ran six days a week and completed workouts often spe-cific to that week’s race. All of that working and running together fostered strong team connections.

“We bonded as a team, worked as a team, and grew as a team,” said freshman Peter Rackers, brother of senior and State title contender Tim Rackers. During races the teammates pushed each other to stay strong and keep going. The freshman team raced in seven meets this year and won all of them. SLUH’s top seven finishers at Findley were freshmen Michael Swan, Tom Rubio, Patrick Oster, Sean McLaughlin, Rackers, Murphy, and Amsler. That group was consistently SLUH’s top seven throughout the season. “(We have a) really strong core of run-ners,” said Flanagan. SLUH’s middle-of-the-pack finishers are looking brilliant as well. “(SLUH is) clearly the best freshman team in St. Louis, but that won’t mean a lot if they don’t put in the work to get better,” Gilmore said. “Swan and Rubio’s times placed them among the elite runners in the state (for their age group).” They have earned varsity letters along with Rackers, McLaughlin, and Oster. Ru-bio’s sub-17:45 performance of 17:27 and Swan’s sub-17:45 performance of 17:19 have earned them blue varsity t-shirts, an XC honor. The team, especially the top seven, has an incredible potential for success. This season was full of improvements and progress. “If you look at the time trials and then at the (times at the) end, they consistently got better,” said Porter. With a year’s time to continue training, the freshman team will most definitely be prepared well and geared up when next year’s season comes. “I think we had a great season this year. There were a ton of huge progressions (and many) freshmen with great potential for next year,” said Rubio.

said Zinselmeyer. The freshman team’s individual skill, mixed with their great teamwork, led to its phenomenal season.

man Matt Threats, who said of the situation, “It was tough. We didn’t have everyone we needed but we managed to get past that.” The Wildcats came out firing early in the game, taking the lead at half time by a score of 28-0, and won, 35-0. Filling in at quarterback was freshman Sam Sykora, who said, “We could have played better. It was our last game of fresh-man year. It wasn’t half as exciting as I had hoped.” The core of guys that were moved up included freshman center and linebacker Nathan Anderson, two-way lineman T.J. Daniels, and offensive lineman Jay Adamitis. “It was different without those big key players,” said Boyer. “We won most of our games on big plays from those big players.” The Jr. Billikens still had a memorable season, though. Threats said, “When we started play-ing our home games things seemed to turn around. It was overall a good season.” And it was just that. The C-team ac-cumulated a record of 5-4, and more impor-

JV Football (2-8)Thursday, October 28SLUH 12, Lindbergh 8With a 1-8 record entering Thursday’s game, the Jr. Bills ended the season on a high note with rushing touchdowns from sophomores Matt Binz and Colin Barrett while the U. High defense held Lindbergh to just eight points.—Drew BruntsB Soccer (15-0-1)Thursday, October 28SLUH 0, CBC 0The Jr. Bills had many chances but couldn’t put the ball into the back of the net. The Bills’ defense held strong again and pitched their 12th shutout of the season as the Bills continued their undefeated season.—Justin SinayMonday, November 1SLUH 8, Fort Zumwalt South 0 at CBC TournamentSophomores Blake Gonzalez, Matt Steurer, Nick Kocisak, Sam Farrell, Zach Hoffman, and Dan Buehler each scored a goal for the Jr. Bills and sophomore Brian Dugan added two goals as the Bills cruised to victory and clinched a spot in the semifinals of the CBC Tournament.—Justin SinayWednesday, November 3SLUH 1, DeSmet 0 at CBC TournamentFreshman Colin Joern made several amazing saves early in the game and late in the first half, sophomore Teddy Thorpe was awarded a penalty kick, and sophomore Joey Fisher buried the PK into the right corner of the net for the lone goal of the game as the Jr. Bills clinched a spot in the CBC Tournament final.—Justin SinayThursday, November 4SLUH 1, Vianney 0 (OT) at CBC TournamentSophomore Nick Kocisak scored the game winning goal with 6.8 seconds to go in the first sudden-death overtime period and the Jr. Bill defense had their fifteenth shutout of the season as the Bills won the CBC Tourna-ment, beating Vianney for the third time this year and finishing the season undefeated.—Justin SinayC Soccer (18-0-1)Wednesday, October 27SLUH 3, Oakville 0 in Parkway TournamentAndrew Slaughter helped the Jr. Bills get off to a good start with a goal, and Tony Abbacchi and Brian Fletcher also added goals. The defense managed to stop Oakville consistently.—Stephen LumettaThursday, October 28SLUH 0, Parkway West 0 in Parkway TournamentThe C soccer team suffered its first tie of the year. Parkway West committed many of its players to defense in the second half in order to stop the Jr. Bills from scoring.—Stephen LumettaJV SwimmingSaturday, October 30SLUH at JV MCCsThe Jr. Bills proved victorious at the MCCs, closing out their season with 501 points. Sophomores Richie Mayer and Paul Winkel-man and seniors Kevin O’Meara and Kevin Kleinschmidt broke the MCC record in the 200 freestyle relay.—David Greaves

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Freshman Mark Robinson battles for the ball.

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tantly tied for first in the conference along with CBC and DeSmet. As far as future goals the team needs, Boyer, Threats, and Sykora mentioned more practice and to work together as a team, “in-stead of just relying on individual players,” according to Boyer.

PHOTO BY MR. MATT SCIUTO

Freshmen Patrick Oster, Jerry Amsler, and Sean McLaughlin spattered by mud in the FP XC race.

Freshman Sam Sykora evades a defender.

PHOTO BY AUSTIN STRIFLER

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Senior science classes analyze DNA at Science Center

Euro, Greek students explore classical architecture

Seniors Michael Kaminski, Spencer Gusdorf, Kevin Goessling, and David Dareak in the Old Courthouse rotunda.

PHOTO BY MAX WATERSby JohN webbreporter

Seniors from Classical Greek and AP Modern European History classes

went on an excursion through St. Louis last Thursday as part of a field trip that showed examples of European and Greek architecture and literature. Thirty-four students took a bus to the corner of Washington and North Kingshigh-way, known as “Temple Corner.” “There are some wonderful buildings and churches there. (The architecture) was built at a time when the classical revival was very strong on architec-ture throughout the United States,” said Greek teacher Mary Lee McConaghy. “We talked about what classical archi-tecture is and why it’s in civilization and particularly in America, and even more specifically why there is so much of it in St. Louis,” said social studies teacher Tim O’Neil. When asked what makes Greek archi-tecture Greek, McConaghy said, “I think that columns are the most striking feature.” From Temple Corner, the group rode up Lindell Boulevard to St. Louis University’s Rare Books Collection, which has a variety of old books dating back to the fifteenth century. One of the first books the group looked at was a page from a Gutenberg Bible. They also looked at books on navigation, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment,

as well as first edition copies of both the Ratio Studiorum and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. “We sort of did the history of Europe through books,” said O’Neil. While at St. Louis University, the group went to the Vatican Film Library, the largest collection of Vatican works outside of Vatican City, where they watched a presen-tation on illuminated manuscripts. In the presentation, they heard passages read aloud from the Iliad in both Latin and Greek; Latin and Greek students were able to translate parts of the passages. The group’s next stop was the Old Courthouse, where the architectural design resembles the Parthenon in Athens. According to McCo-naghy, one of the major ideas behind Greek architecture is the idea of outwardness. “It was really cool being able to actually be able to see (the buildings) above you. It was better than seeing a picture,” said senior Kevin Goessling Normally, the group’s tour would have included visits to the St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Public Library, which both feature classical architecture, but since these buildings were under renovation, the group instead went to eat at the Greek restaurant Olympia, where students tried all kinds of

Greek dishes. McConaghy said that the most impor-tant piece of information to take away was “realizing how heavily Greek architecture influences modern architecture.” “Part of doing this field trip is about experiential learning,” said O’Neil. “The idea of being able to actually experience what you’re studying leads to a better memory and makes it more interesting. Hopefully, students realize that the material that we spend time in class on is definitely relevant in their lives.”

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AP Biology and Genetics students traveled to the St. Louis Science

Center this week in order to use special equipment for a lab on analyzing human DNA. The objective of the lab was for students to scan their own DNA for an Alu repeat on chromosome 16, PV92, to de-termine their genotype for the particular gene, which has not yet been tied to any observable trait. The process of the lab itself involved extraction of DNA from students’ cheek cells, mixing their chromosomes with a reagent solution, and inserting them into a

PCR thermal cycling machine, an important instrument that the Science Center owns. The machine can, over a three hour period of carefully heating and cooling the solution, amplify the number of PV92 Alu repeat DNA sequences from a single 1 sequence to 240

copies. Once finished, the DNA molecules are placed in a gel back at SLUH and made to move through it by an electrical field, a process known as electrophoresis. The DNA molecules moved different distances according to their weight, forming distinct bands on the gel. Finally, the gel is stained so that students could see their DNA and compare it to marker DNA.

a responsibility to inform himself, but also that others are supposed to motivate him to do so—and that the ads on TV did not encourage him. “I didn’t know if I would exactly have time to register. I actually might have, but altogether I did not plan to vote in any way,” said senior Michael Kaminski. He said he was discouraged by the negativity of the current political atmosphere and did not want to participate in a “popularity contest” of the kind that he thought the elections had become. Senior Max Margherio voted in the Sen-ate race but did not vote on the propositions. “I didn’t look into all the extra propositions as well as I should have,” he said, explaining that he was too busy to look at the informa-tion. Senior Sasha Kuebel said that he knew a lot about the propositions, but he did not know much about the candidates, so he chose the same candidates as his parents did. One of the issues that drew SLUH se-niors to the polls was Proposition A, which will require St. Louis to let citizens vote on whether or not to continue the earnings tax. The proposition passed easily. The future votes on the earnings tax may lead to the tax being discontinued, and the city would lose one of its primary sources of revenue. Proponents say that St. Louis would be better for business without the tax; detractors say that the city cannot afford to lose the money provided by the tax. Senior Sasha Kuebel felt that voters deserved the right to choose whether or not they wanted to have the earnings tax. “You need the right to vote for an increase in taxes, or for a change in taxes,” he said. Boll, who voted against Proposition A, said, “If people want to overturn the earn-ings tax, that’s okay with me, but (the city) will need the money—they’re going to lose money, obviously.” Boll said that he does not know of a good alternative to the earnings tax for the needed revenue. Proposition B is a measure that would create new regulations on dog breeders. Proponents claim that the proposition would help combat the many inhumane puppy mills in Missouri. Opponents claim that the measure would hurt businesses who keep animals humanely, such as livestock farms. Though he admitted that he did not feel particularly strongly about any issue, Taffe said he was happy that Proposition B passed. “I think it’s great that it passed, and I think a lot of dogs are going to be a lot safer,” he said. Senior Brad Pitlyk said that he thought Proposition B would lead to a waste of money. He also had heard that the measure would lead to many dogs being euthanized because their breeders or owners would not be able to legally care for them any more. Kuebel said that the most important issue in the election for him was voting Re-publicans into office to give the Republican party the ability to lead the government. Like-minded seniors were in the majority on Tuesday, with 50 percent of those who voted saying they chose mostly Republicans and 29 percent said they voted mostly Democratic. Some seniors were lukewarm about the Senate race and expressed discontent with both candidates, Democrat Robin Carnahan and Republican Roy Blunt. “I didn’t like either of them,” said Farel, explaining that he disagreed with Carnahan’s pro-abortion stance, and that he had no strong opinions at all about Blunt. “Old history versus old history is a good way of describing it. I’m not a fan of having either family being that ingrained in politics,” said Margherio of the Senate race. Both Blunt and Carnahan come from families with a long political history. “Neither of their histories are exactly clean,” he said.

Conversation Cube—“assistant CoaChes”

Player that most reminds you of yourself

Most Heated Rival

B e s t A t h l e t i c Achievement

Team’s season in as few words as possible

Matt BuhaFootball

Brian GilmoreCross Country

Kevin MooreSwimming

Charlie ClarkSoccer

Terek Hawkins

Up-and-Down.

All-State basketball and football. And also speed and awe-someness.

Kansas University

Delicious.

Running sub-8 minute pace for a marathon.

Coach Flanagan in a 4-mile race.

Joe “The Champ” Meier

Better than I thought it would be. And they’re really good.

I won a state championship at CBC in 1983.

CBC

Sam Steurer because he’s a knucklehead like me.

Cheveré.

Kevin Klein-schmidt—Same name, same hair

the Red DEVILS

I finished a couple tri-athalons. But I never won any.

Compiled by Nate Heagney & Nathan Rubbelke

He never drives the speed limit.

He dressed up as a banana for Halaween.

She’s a Spanish teacher too. We have secret meetings in Spanish.

He has a terrible competetive streak.

O n e t h i n g y o u wouldn’t guess about the head coach

the year. The meetings range from issues about diversity to college applications. According to its website, ISSL’s mission is to increase awareness for the 42 member schools, offer professional development opportunities, and create a forum where the ISSL schools can discuss various topics, such as this meeting. SLUH joined ISSL last summer in hopes of expanding its visibility across the St. Louis area. Principal John Moran said that

there was talk of joining ISSL, along with the National Association of Independent Schools, four years ago, but this past sum-mer SLUH finally took action. Moran said part of the reasoning for joining was ending misconceptions about SLUH. “Sometimes people hear independent schools, and they don’t think of us. They think of John Burroughs or MICDS or those types of schools, and they think those are independent schools, and we’re Catholic

schools. But they’re private schools, and we’re private schools, and independent re-ally means private schools.” Moran added that the relationships created between other local, independent schools was another benefit of joining ISSL. “The nice part about ISSL is that it groups us with ... independent schools, here locally that we can meet with, advertise with, and have conferences with very easily,” said Moran

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Genetics teacher Tim O’Keefe initially communicated with staff at the Science Center in order to arrange an opportunity for the lab weeks ago. Senior Joe Meier enjoyed the trip, say-ing, “They had everything really organized there so we knew exactly what to do.” Senior Mike Kiesewetter said that it was interesting working in such a different environment than SLUH’s familiar class-room labs. “Although their advanced equipment isn’t for the general public to simply walk in anytime and use, the Science Center wants to give students the opportunity to work with professional tools. This is the future,” said AP Biology teacher Steve Kuensting

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“I think it’s a little long. Ideally, you’re looking at 10 days,” Earsom said. Konzen, however, disagreed with this view and thought that two weeks was the perfect time. “I think two weeks is the perfect time because they make friends, get involved, get really deep into America, but still are able to bring fresh memories home,” Konzen said.

climbing because it “gives students a different perspective on climbing, makes you find your own route, gives you access to some beautiful areas.” After everyone had finished lunch, and See had taken out the nuts and anchors from the first route, the group hiked a short distance down river to the 45-foot high Lower Cliffs. See and Dickmann set up an anchor on a rock and two pine trees located on top of the cliff. The group then scrambled to the base of the cliff to start climbing. This route led 45 feet straight up from the bank of the river. Most of the climbers agreed that this route was the more challenging of the two. While they were not climbing, students skipped rocks across the river or relaxed in their beautiful surroundings. See said, “The trip went very well. The students and adults (who went on the trip) seemed to have a good time.” “I like the accessibility of the gym, but climbing outdoors is more of an experience, hiking to the cliff and spending all day. It’s good to get out in nature,” said Schellenberg. “I liked that there was so much to see in the scenic area instead of being in the (climbing) gym,” said Hancock. “The climbing club gives students the opportunity to hang out with friends and do something physically and mentally challenging. It requires trust, skill, commitment among other things. Also, I believe the trips outdoors allow students to have some time and space to reflect on their lives,” said See.

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position in the form of injuries, tough luck, and fresh teams geared up to play them, SLUH’s 4-6 record must be looked at in perspective. When healthy, this team won its first two games with decisive victories; it would have been a treat to see this team play on all cylinders the entire season.

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As the election returns came in Tuesday, one St. Louis U. High alum had reason to smile, as John Lamping, ’81, won his bid for the 24th District State Senate seat. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Lamping had 30,571 votes, 176 votes ahead of his opponent, City Council-woman Barbara Fraser. That lead could potentially change or disappear, as Fraser intends to seek a recount. Lamping could not be reached for comment.—Compiled by Joe Klein

Lamping, ’81, takes State Senateseat; Fraser contests results

On Monday, November 8, the SLUH Chess Club will sponsor its annual chess tournament. Open to everyone in the SLUH community, the tournament will take place in the Ignatian Conference Room, at the western end of the art wing. The entry fee is $2, and prizes will go to the top four finishers. Games will begin at 3:15 p.m.

Mark your calendars! SLUHtique, SLUH’s an-nual holiday shopping boutique, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 5 from noon to 4:30 p.m. in the Com-mons. More than 40 ven-dors will be in attendance selling a wide variety of gifts and accessories, in-cluding SLUH apparel. All proceeds will benefit activi-ties hosted by the Mothers’ Club throughout the year. Admission is free!

The Prep News expresses its condolences to Mr. Bob O’Connell and his family for the passing of his mother on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and Mrs. Betsy Malinak and her family for the passing of her mother on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

The first blood drive of the year, hosted by STUCO, is scheduled for Friday, November 19th. Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and receive parental con-sent. Volunteer at lunch or with a STUCO member, and be entered into a chance to win Blues tickets!

dIStrIct VIctory

Saturday, November 610am Cross Country @ State9:30pm Hockey vs. Francis Howell Central

SuNday, November 711:30am Open House

moNday, November 8 Schedule RBasketball BeginsAP Snack–Pizza Sticks

6:30pm Advisory Committee Mtg.8:30pm Hockey vs. Fort Zummalt West

lunch Special—Tony’s Pizza Healthy—Turkey on Ciabatta Bread

tueSday, November 9 Schedule RDistrict Soccer Semifinals 8am PLAN ExamAP Rosary Senior Grad Announcement Orders Junior Class Mtg. College Visits: Maryville University (M112) SIU-Carbondale (M114) Snack–Pepperoni Boscos Soccer Sectionals

lunch Special—Chicken Bacon Cheese Healthy—Teriyaki Chicken Skewers

WedNeSday, November Schedule RPicture Retake DayAP Freshman English Tutorial College Visits: Harris-Stowe State University (M115) Snack-Turnovers lunch Special—Redi Ribs Healthy—Beef n’ Bean Burrito

thurSday, November 11 Schedule hhalf day

2pm Parent Teacher Conferences6pm Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday, November 12 Schedule l

late StaRt7:30am Father Son Mass

lunch Special—Chicken Bites Healthy—Chicken Parmesean

today No claSSeS

ap Jr. Ring Orders Freshman Class Mass Snack–Garlic Bread

lunch Special—Chicken Strips Healthy—Soup in Bread Bowl

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fiRSt team

Charlie Brynac—OT Mitch Klug—WR Sam Knesel—OG

Trevor McDonagh—QBStefan Sansone—WR

John Brusati—LBLan Sansone—S

Edwin Young—CB

Second team

Joe Blume—TE/DETerek Hawkins—RBBryan Mathews—OT

Will Meiners—CCameron Stubbs—RB

Jamil Irvin-Muhammad—DE

Sean Rammaha—LB

Paul Simon—SBrian Silvestri—K

honoRable mention

Aaron Kerwood—OGElliott Fish—S

John Jedlicka—LBCameron Stubbs—CB

varSity football all-mcc

Above, senior midfielder Richie Hoffman draws a foul in the Jr. Bills’ 1-0 overtime victory over Chaminade in the District final. The game-winning goal finally came with one minute left in the first overtime when junior Paul Buehler’s free kick off the penalty deflected to senior midfielder Ryan Hoffman. Hoffman took a quick shot, which found the back of the net to win the game. They will take on CBC next Tuesday. —Patrick Hart